Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
lift
Universal Words
verb, noun
verb
raise
1 ~ sb/sth (up) to raise sb/sth or be raised to a higher position or level: [VN, usually +adv./prep.] He stood there with his arms lifted above his head. * I lifted the lid of the box and peered in. * (figurative) John lifted his eyes (= looked up) from his book. * [V] Her eyebrows lifted. 'Apologize? Why?'
move sb / sth
2 [VN] [usually +adv./prep.] to take hold of sb/sth and move them/it to a different position:
I lifted the baby out of the chair. * He lifted the suitcase down from the rack.
3 [VN] to transport people or things by air:
The survivors were lifted to safety by helicopter.
seealsoAIRLIFT
remove law / rule
4 [VN] to remove or end restrictions:
to lift a ban / curfew / blockade * Martial law has now been lifted.
heart / spirits
5 to become or make sb more cheerful:
[V] His heart lifted at the sight of her. * [VN] The news lifted our spirits.
of mist / clouds
6 [V] to rise and disappear:
The fog began to lift. * (figurative) Gradually my depression started to lift.
steal
7 ~ sth (from sb/sth) [VN] (informal) to steal sth:
He had been lifting electrical goods from the store where he worked.
seealsoSHOPLIFT
copy ideas / words
8 [VN] to use sb's ideas or words without asking permission or without saying where they come from:
She lifted most of the ideas from a book she had been reading.
vegetables
9 [VN] to dig up vegetables or plants from the ground:
to lift potatoes / turnips
increase
10 to make the amount or level of sth greater; to become greater in amount or level:
[VN] Interest rates were lifted yesterday. [also V]
IDIOMS
not lift / raise a finger / hand (to do sth) (informal) to do nothing to help sb:
The children never lift a finger to help around the house.
PHRASALVERBS
lift off (of a rocket or, less frequently, an aircraft) to leave the ground and rise into the air
relatednounLIFT-OFF
noun
machine
1 (BrE) (AmE elevator) [C] a machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine:
It's on the sixth floor-let's take the lift.
seealsoCHAIRLIFT, SKILIFT
free ride
2 (BrE) (AmE ride) [C] a free ride in a car, etc. to a place you want to get to:
I'll give you a lift to the station. * Could I have a lift into town? * She hitched a lift on a truck.
happier feeling
3 [sing.] a feeling of being happier or more confident than before:
Passing the exam gave him a real lift.
rising movement
4 [sing.] a movement in which sth rises or is lifted up:
the puzzled lift of his eyebrows
on aircraft
5 [U] the upward pressure of air on an aircraft when flying
compareDRAG
